Arts + Design Initiative

The Arts + Design Initiative was created in 2015 and launched out of the Arts Research Center in 2016 under the leadership of then Arts Research Center Director and incoming Associate Vice Chancellor Shannon Jackson.

ARC shared co-leadership of A+D until it found it's home in 2017 in the Division of Undergraduate Education as a five-year initative to "feature, fortify, and mobilize existing excellence in the arts and design at UC Berkeley, while fostering dynamic collaboration, innovation, and public access across all arts and design fields, on campus and in public life." In 2022, A+D was granted an additional year to finish its programming and sunsetted in 2023.

Arts + Design Lecture Series Archive On-Demand

Revisit the archive of over 200 recorded events from 2018-2023

Discover Your Creative Life at Cal

A promotional video for prospective students that features a range of creative experiences students can expect to have on a daily basis!

UC Berkeley Arts Passport App

In the summer of 2017, UC Berkeley’s Arts + Design Initiative (A+D) began a multi-year program to provide students with opportunities to experience free or subsidized arts events as a way of opening hearts and minds to the power of creativity and self-expression.